单词	opportunist
释义	opportunist /ɒpəˈtjuːnɪst / noun A person who takes advantage of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle: most burglaries are committed by casual opportunists... We've got our whole country giving, and you yet you see people out here who are clearly opportunists taking advantage of a sad situation. As we noted here, opportunists will always arise to exploit an exploitable situation. Contrary to popular opinion, these crimes are not committed by opportunists who see an expensive car and take a chance. adjective Opportunistic: the calculating and opportunist politician... Nor is it all the fault of racist or opportunist politicians - but they hardly help. They are the most glaringly opportunist bunch of hypocrites in politics. Careless motorists whose vehicles are ‘shop windows’ for opportunist thieves have left a York beat officer at the end of his tether. Origin Late 19th century: from opportune + -ist.
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